City overview
Puerto Rico is a Caribbean island and U.S. territory, with San Juan as its capital and the arrival point for almost every visitor. The draw is the combination: 500-year-old Spanish fortifications and colourful colonial streets in Old San Juan, a rainforest and bioluminescent bays within an hour’s drive, and beach-resort strips in Isla Verde and Condado right beside the airport. Orthodox Jewish life on the island runs through Chabad of Puerto Rico in Isla Verde, minutes from the airport, which provides the daily minyan, the community eruv, kosher takeout, a kosher store and communal Shabbos meals. The island’s only certified kosher restaurant is in Miramar, San Juan.
Carolina Public Beach (Balneario de Carolina)
Puerto Rico · Free entry; parking charged
The wide public beach immediately east of Isla Verde, with lifeguards, showers, changing rooms and parking.
Time needed
Half a day
Hours
Closes at 5:00 PM
Tips
The closest lifeguarded public beach to the Isla Verde hotels and to Chabad. It sits under the flight path, which some people enjoy and others do not.
Neighborhood
Carolina — next to Isla Verde
Activity providers
Kosher map of Puerto Rico
Pick a place on the map or search an address or hotel to see what is kosher around it.